New Ulm weekly review., 1887-12-21

NEW Jim. MIMI.
CHAs. Z. ROOs, Managing Editor
Wednesday, December q, 1887.
Congressman Adams, Of Chicago,
last week distinguished himself by the
introduction of a bill which contains
the following provisions:
Whereas, aliens residing in the Unit
ed States have lately menaced the pub
lie peace by advising and encouraging
the destruction of property and the
murder Of officers of the law;
And whereas, such acts are ofenses
against the sovereignty of the United
States;
Therefore, when any district attor.
ney of the United States shall have in
formation in writing from no less than
three reputable citizens that any alien
has aided, advised or encouraged the
destruction of property or murder of
any officer of the law. or has attempt
ed to overthrow the laws, or to excite
domestic violence in any state, such in.
formation shall be transmitted at onee
to the president of the United States.
The president shall then issue an order
in writing requiring such alien to depart
from the territory of the United States
within given time, and this order
shall be served by the United States
marshal upon the person to whom it is
directed. If the offender shall refuse
to obey such order it shall be the duty
of the secretary of state to cause him to
be arrested and conveyed out of the
territory of the United States, and if
he shall return again to this country he
shall be punished by imprisonment noC
more than three years and at the expir-
alton of his term of Imprisonment shall
again be conveyed out of the country.
Section s of the bill provides:
That, whenever in the Judgment of
the president of the United States the
public safety shall require, it shall be.
lawful for the president to cause any
such alien to be arrested without notice
and conveyed out Of the United States.
The most striking features of this ex-
traordinary bill are said to have been
suggested by the editor of a German
paper published at Chicago, who is no.
torious as an habitual drunkard. No
sober-minded person who is in sympa-
thy with our American institutions
could favor the passage of such des-
potic law. If anarchy or rather anar-
chism cannot be held in check without
breaking down the barrier between the
executive and judicial departments
and vesting in the national executive
an extraordinary Judiciary power
which no monarch of any civilized
country can exercise in time of peace,
it is high time that we abolish our con-
stitution and adopt form of govern
ment similar to that which cultured
Russia enjoys to-day. The notorious
''Third Section police regulations of
the empire of the czar have evidently
served as modelin drawing up the
Adams bill. Ancient ostracism re-
quired thousands of votes for the ex.
pulsion of person who had become
unpopular; the proposed Chicago estra-
cism would require the votes of but
three reputable citizens" presumably
of the Raster variety, to compel the
President of the United States to expel
any alien without accusation or trial,
We hope that congress will not descend
to the level of an asylum for the feeble
minded by the passage of bill SO con.
gpicuously un-American and unrepub-
lican as the one introduced by that
Chicago worthy, Mr.. Adams.
The Pioneer Press holds that Mr.
Cullom's government telegraph plan is
vicious in principle because it is i'm
proper for the government to use the
nuh)ic money To set m an enterprise